Re: [RFC v2 22/32] x86/boot: Avoid #VE during compressed boot for TDX platforms

From: Dan Williams
Date: Wed May 12 2021 - 23:03:18 EST


On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 11:03 AM Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
<sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Avoid operations which will inject #VE during compressed
> boot, which is obviously fatal for TDX platforms.
>
> Details are,
>
> 1. TDX module injects #VE if a TDX guest attempts to write
> EFER. So skip the WRMSR to set EFER.LME=1 if it's already
> set. TDX also forces EFER.LME=1, i.e. the branch will always
> be taken and thus the #VE avoided.

Ah here's the justification for that hunk in the previous patch, are
you sure that hunk belongs in the trampoline patch?

>
> 2. TDX module also injects a #VE if the guest attempts to clear
> CR0.NE. Ensure CR0.NE is set when loading CR0 during compressed
> boot. The Setting CR0.NE should be a nop on all CPUs that
> support 64-bit mode.

Ah, here's the justification for CR0.NE in the previous patch. Did
something go wrong in the patch splitting?

>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 5 +++--
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> index e94874f4bbc1..37c2f37d4a0d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> @@ -616,8 +616,9 @@ SYM_CODE_START(trampoline_32bit_src)
> movl $MSR_EFER, %ecx
> rdmsr
> btsl $_EFER_LME, %eax
> + jc 1f
> wrmsr
> - popl %edx
> +1: popl %edx
> popl %ecx
>
> /* Enable PAE and LA57 (if required) paging modes */
> @@ -636,7 +637,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START(trampoline_32bit_src)
> pushl %eax
>
> /* Enable paging again */
> - movl $(X86_CR0_PG | X86_CR0_PE), %eax
> + movl $(X86_CR0_PG | X86_CR0_NE | X86_CR0_PE), %eax
> movl %eax, %cr0
>
> lret
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable.h
> index 6ff7e81b5628..cc9b2529a086 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable.h
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
> #define TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_PGTABLE_OFFSET 0
>
> #define TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_CODE_OFFSET PAGE_SIZE
> -#define TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_CODE_SIZE 0x70
> +#define TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_CODE_SIZE 0x80
>
> #define TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_STACK_END TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_SIZE
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>